Sound recording and record vending machine



May 417, 1932.

E. FEY sounn maconnm AND RECORD vENDINe MACHINE Filed July 8. 1929 zsheets-sneer' 1 III! INVENTOR, Edmund v'j/ ATTORNEY.

May 17, 1932. E. -'EY souND RECORDING AND RECORD VENDING MACHINE Filed.my s. 1929 2 sneets-sneet 2 INVENTOR,

fdrpuhd Fey ATTQRNEY.

,Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED srry-ras EDMUND FET, F SAN FRANcIsco,cALrFonNm SOUND RECORDING AND RECORD VENDING MAGHINE mutation mea my s,192e. serial No. 376,659.

This invention relates to improvements in sound recording and recorddispensing machines. v

An object of my invention is to-provide a novel sound recording machinewherein is provided a suitable mechanism for moving a record disc intoposition for engagement with sound conducting and recording means.

Another object of my invention is to pro- 1o vide a novel soundrecording machine wherein is located a mechanism for successivelybringing a number of record discs into engagement with sound recordingmeans, whereby sound records may be made thereon,

and for successively dispensing the discs after the sound records havebeen produced there- A further object of my invention'is to provide anovel machine which, upon the insertion of a token therein, enables aperson to record his voice on a record disc, andthereafter receive thesame. l

Other objects more or less apparent will present themselves or will be.specifically pointed out in the descri tion to follow.

lIn the accompanying rawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a sound recording and record dispensingmachine constructed in accordance with my inventlon;

2-2 of Fig. 5; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the'hne 3-3ofFig'.2;,Y

Fig. 4 is a' sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5, showing thedisc holding magazine with a number of discs therein;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the hne 5-5ofFig.`2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the 11ne 6--6ofFig.5;and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary part of the disc positioning table showin aportion of the groove therein for contro 'ng the movement of the soundrecording means. A

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 represents a cylindrical casinghaving a detachable cover 2 thereon which is provided with a coin slot 3and a sound collecting Speaking tube 4. The coin slot communicates 5.0with a coin chute 5 which extends downward- Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtaken on the line bly mounted on the bar 9 with its hub resting 60secured to the said on a flanged projection 10 which is provided bar, isa turntable -11 therein with four circular openings 12 within each ofwhich agrecord disc 15 may belodged. A cylindrical disc containingmagazine 14, secured to the cover 2 with its lower edge raised slightlyabove the turntable 11,

is normally located above one .of the circular openings 12,' and inaposition adapted to supply ings. The record discs 15, which are madefrom wax or other suitable materialI with suitable grooves thereinforthe rece tion of the pointed end of a stylus 16 carrie by the l soundconducting tone arm 6, are supported by supporting member 8 after theyhave become positioned inside the openings 12 in the turntable 11.

The turntable 11 is provided at oints adjacent its circumferential edgean between the circular openings 12 therein, with four projections 17-which are so 4recessed as to .v receive a coin dropped through the coinchute 5. The projections 17 are also each provided at their loweredge-with a slot 18 .85 through which an upwardly extending projection19 of a manipulating rod 20 may pass. p The manipulating rod'is movablymounted on the hub of turntable 11 and is adapted to move independentlyof the said turntable at 9c certain times. Secured to the casing 1 atpoints beneath the lower-end of the coin chute 5 is an arcuate shapedangle iron 21 which is adapted to supporta coin dropped from the end ofthe said coin chute. Theff'95 manipulating rod 20 extends throu h a horzontal slot located in the sidegof t e casin laand the same may bemanually moved backwardly and forwardl Whenthe manipu-4 lating rod 20 ispositioned at one end ofthe 100 record discs 15` to the said open- 70 yabrupt inward direction at horizontal slot in th'e casing, a coindropping from the end of the coin chute 5 is adapted to lodge inside therecess in one of the rojections 17 of the turntable 11. The manipulatingrod 20, at points adjacent where the projection 19 occurs., is providedwith a vertical slot through which the coin may pass. The coin droppedfrom the end of the coin chute 5,'into the recess of the projection 17and the slot in the manipulating rod 20', is supported by the angle iron21. The manipulating rod 20 upon being moved in a clockwise directioncontacts with the coin su ported by the angle iron 21, and resses t esaine against the projection 17 o the turntable 11. The coin beingmaintained in contact with the manipulating rod 20 and the projection17v enables the turntable 11 to be moved in a clockwise direction withthe manipulating rod 20, as long as the angle iron 21 -supports thesaine.` The openin s 12 in the, turntable'are so positioned witreferenceto the ends of the angle iron 21 that a record disc 15 ma betaken from the magazine 14 and carrie for approximately ninef ty degreesbefore thecoin supported by the an le iron drops from the end of thelatter. A ter the coin dro s from the end of the angle iron into theower part ofthe casing, the manipulating rod 2O is free to moveindependently of the turntable. The projection 19 of the manipulatingrod not being in contact .with a coin, passes freely throu h therecesses 18 of the projections 17, there y permitting the manipulatingrod to be moved without interfering with the recording of sound waves onthe record disc, as will be hereinafter described. The four openings 12in the turntable are so positioned with reference to the projections 17,that a disc 15 upon each insertion of the coin in the coin slot 3, ispermitted to be carried through an arc of approximately ninety degrees.

The tone arm 6, which is pivotally mounted on the side of the casing, isadapted to be raised and lowered to cause the pointed end of the stylus16 to engage and disengage with the grooves ofa record disc 15. Theturntable is provided on its upper surface with a cam groove -22 withinwhich a downwardly projecting pin 23 secured .to the tone arm 6 islodged. lThe groove 22 assumes an oints adjacent to the openings 12,asshown bythe numeral 24, and at each' inwardly disposed end of theabrupt part of the said groove, the -latter curves outwardly as shown bythe numeral 25. The inwardly disposed parts 24 of the groove are each ofgreater de th than the other parts of the groove, there y providingsuitable means for the lowering o the 'tone arm 6 when the pin 23 entersthisV part of said groove. The pointed end of the stylus 16 is ada tedto come in contact with the grooves o a record disc 15 at points whereLacasse the inwardly di osed parts 24 of the cove 22 commence. heinwardlydispose parts 24'of the groove 22 are each of suilcient lengthto permit the stylus 16 to travel t0-` ward the center of a record discfrom the outer part thereof to the centrally disposed part -where thegrooves of the disc terminate. Thus when the disc 15 is rotated', thepointed end of the stylus 16 follows the record disc grooves from theouter circumferential edge of the said disc to a point adjacent itscenter. At the same time the st lus reaches the inwardly disposed endothe groove in the record disc 15, the pin 23 of -the tone arm 6 hasreached the inwardly dis osed end of the part 24 of the groove 22. t.this point the pin 23 is ready to enter the outwardly and upwardlydisposed part 25 of the groove 22, and upon4 the turning of theturntable 11 by the manipulating rod 20, the 'said pin 23 follows .thegroove 22, and the tone arm i 6 is so raised that the stylus 16 isdisengaged-from contact with the record disc 15. As the turntable 11 isturned' through an ,arc-of ninety degrees the record disc 15 which hasbeen in engagement with the stylus 16, is brought to an opening26 in thestationary su porting member 8, and the said disc drops into a chute 27where it is picked up by the person operating the machine. During thisprocedure, the record disc located to the right of the disc whichlpreviously received the stylus 16, is carie through an arc of nin tydegrees to a point `adjacent where the stylus and tone arm arepositioned. The pin 23 of the tone arm 6, has during the turning of theturntablethrou h an arc of degrees, reached a point on the groove 22where the followin inwardly disposed part 24 occurs. At this point thepin .23 is again in position to drop into the part 24 of the said groove22, and engage with end. The Contact arm is connected to 'wires 30 of acircuit leading to a source of electrical power 31 and a motor 32, oneend of thecrf cuit being connected to the coin chute 5."

The motor 32 is provided with a shaft 33 which is provided with a pulleymember 34 and-a wheel member 35. Revolvabl supported inside an openinlocatedin t e staby the turntable tionary supporting mem r 8 near :thetone arm 6, by means of an up'ri h t bracket 36, is a disc supporting ltable 3 The table 37 is provide with a hub which ro- 13.0

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' ment of the tone arm 6 tatably extends into an arm of the bracket 36and is supported by the latter. The periphery ofthe wheel 35 is inengagement with the periphery of the table 37, and the former throughthe operation of the motor 32, causes the said table to rotate. in andsupported by another arm of lthe bracket 36 is governor 38 Vwhich isrotatably connected through a belt 39 to the pulle 34 of the motor shaft33. The lower end ofy the governor is secured to a centering pin 40which loosely projects through the hub part of the governor, the hub ofthe table 37 and through 'a central opening in .a record disc 15. Whenthe motor is rotated the balls of the governor 38 move the pin 40upwardly so t e same enters the central opening in the record disc 15and centers it in a suitable position on the supporting table 37 so thestylus 16 may properly follow the groove on the said disc from thebeginning to the end thereof. When the motor ceases to operate the ballsof the governor move toward each other and permit the centering pin 40to drop-beneath the record disc 15 and the turntable 11, therebypermitting the latter to be moved through an arc of 90 degrees by themanipulating rod 20.

When a blank. record disc 15 has been moved into position onto the suporting table 37, the tone arm 6 together wlth thel stylus 16 are loweredby the pin 23 entering the part 24 of the groove 22.l The stylusthereupon engages-with the groove of the record disc 15, and is inposition to suitably record a persons voice spoken into the speakingtube 4. A coin dropped into the coin chute 5 contacts with the contactarm 29, thereupon closing the circuit to. the motor 32 which causes thesaid motor to operate. The wheel 35 of the motorishaft upon rotatingcauses the table 37 and the record disc thereon to rotate also, and thestylus 16 of the tone arm 6 travels through the record groove of thedisc toward the center of the latter The pin 23 of the toneA armproceeds inwardly in the part 24 of the groove 22, and after the stylushas reached the inner terminal of therecord groove, the said pin has'reached-'the point in the groove 22 where the upwardly raised part 25commences. The record disc 15 at this time has received the records',through the vibration of the stylus in the grooves thereof, of thepersons voice, and the said disc is now ready to `bel dispensed throughthe chute 27. j

The tone arm 6 and the contact arm 29 are connected together through aseries of pivoted levers 41 which are supported on the casing 1 by aninsulated bracket 41. The levers 41 are so actuated by the pivotedmoveas the stylus 16 proceeds toward the center of the record disc 15,that the contact arm 29 is s uiciently with- .Rotatably located" rod 20and a projection 17 through centrifu al force spirit of the appendedclalms. v

to drop downwardly and openthe circuit to the motor, therebydiscontinuing the rotation of the record disc 15. The coin upon droppingonto the angle iron 21 becomes positioned in Contact with themanipulating of the turn -table 11, thereby enabling the saidmanipulating rod to be moved so as to turn the turntable through an arcof 9,0 degrees and discharge the completed recorddisc l5 through thechute 27 and at the same time deposit another record disc on thesupporting table 37,v

preparatory to the next operation of the machine. A`The pin 23 of thetone arm, upon entering the outwardly disposed part 25 ofl the said tonearm Suthlevers 41 to move the contact arm 29 into the coin chute 5,vwhere it may again intercept a coin to close the circuit to the `motor32.

In order to provide means for coin from passing through the coin chute 5while the person operating the machine is having his voice recorded onthe record disc, and also to prevent the manipulating rod from beingmoved to interfere with this procedure, a balanced bar 42 withprojecting parts 43, 44 and 45 is pivotally attached to the Acoin chute.The projecting part 45 of the bar 42 is normally at rest against themanipulating rod 20, and when the latter is moved to the left inside theslot of the casing through which it projects, the said rod 42 because ofitsbalanced end, moves in such a manner as to cause projections 43 and44 to enter holes in the coin chute and prevent either a coin fromentering the part of the coin chute above the contact arm 29 or allowinga coindropped from the said contact arm to pass all the way down throughthesaid chute. `llVhen the manipulating rod 20 is positioned at theright hand end of the slot in the casing throu h which it projects andbeneath the end of t e coin chute, the projection 45 of the bar 42 isheld by the-said manipulating rod so the projections 43 and 44 'arewithdrawn shown in Fig. 3, thereby permitting a coin to pass through thesaid coin chute or allow another coin to proceed through the upper partof the said chute to engage with the contact arm 29. Thus w the groove22 turns ciently to Cause the preventing a hile a coin is contactingwith the contact arm 29 and the motor is operating, the lmanipulatingrod 20 may be moved without interfering with the recording of soundvibrations on the record disc 15.

It is apparent to those vskilled in the art that myimproved coincontrolled recording machine maybe constructed to assume other formsthan the one shown and described, so for this and other apparent reasonsI desire my invention included broadly within the from the coin chute,`as

Having described my invention, claim is 1. In a sound recording machinecomprising a rotatable record support, means for rotating the support, aturntable adapted to carry a plurality of records, means for actuatingthe turntable whereby a plurality of records may be successivelydelivered to and from the record support, vibration transferl ringapparatus pivotally mounted to engage with and disengage from a recordon the support, and means for lowering and raising the vibrationtransferring apparatus, which said means comprises a projection on thesaid apparatus ridmg in a groove in the turntable.

2. In asound recording machine compris.

` ord on the record support.

, 3. In a sound recording machine comprising a rotatable record support,a rotatable turntable for delivering records to the record support, amotor connected to the support, an electrical circuit connected to themotor, a contact arm connected to the circuit for opening and closingthe circuit to the motor, a sound carrier having vibration transferringmeans thereon, and means connecting the contact arm and the soundcarrier, whereby upon the movement of the sound carrier the contact armmay be moved to open the circuit.

4. In a sound recording machine comprising a ivoted sound carrier havingvibration trans erring means thereon, a rotatable record support, arotatable turntable for delivl ering records to and from the recordsupport, means for moving the sound carrier toward the record support,electrically operated means for rotating the support, a contact armconnected to the electrically operated means, a-nd means connecting thesound carrier and the contact arm, whereby upon the movement of thesoundca'rrier the contact arm may be actuated.

5. In a sound recording machine comprising a pivoted sound carrieryhaving sound transferring means thereon, a rotatable record support, arotatable turntable for delivering records to and 4from the recordsupport, means. for moving the sound carrier toward the record support,electrically operated means for rotatmg the record what I support, anelectrical circuit connected to the electrically operated means, acontact arm connected to the circuit having means associated therewithfor closing the circuit, and means connecting the contact arm and thesound carrier whereby upon the movement ofthe carrier the contact armmay be actuated to o en the circuit.

In testimony whereof I have aixed my sig nature.

.EDMUND FEY.

